Resources
The HUC library system contains one of the most extensive Jewish collections in the world. Each campus has its own library:
- Klau Library in Cincinnati, the main research library. This the library is the second-largest collection of printed Jewish material in the world (the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem is the first). The library states it has 700,000 volumes, including 150 incunabula and over 2,000 manuscript codices.
- Klau Library in New York—130,000 volumes.
- S. Zalman and Ayala Abramov Library in Jerusalem—100,000 volumes.
- Frances-Henry Library in Los Angeles—100,000 volumes.
The three U.S. campuses share a catalog, but the Jerusalem collection is separately cataloged.
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